Search form

Search form

Nearly 700,000 health insurance applications have been filed through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges, CMS spokeswoman Julie Bataille said on Thursday. Completed applications for 390,000 or more people have been made through state-run exchanges based on Reuters' tracking of state reports.

Related Summaries

About 1,200 of California's 700,000 small businesses have obtained employee health plans through the state's Small Business Health Options Program exchange. The online portal still does not allow online enrollment, leaving businesses and their brokers to file paper applications. Officials say they are working to correct problems and have the exchange fully operational this fall.

The CMS on Tuesday started e-mailing notices to approximately 275,000 people who could not complete the enrollment process in HealthCare.gov's initial launch, inviting them to return and sign up for insurance at the website. CMS Director of Communications Julie Bataille touted "dozens" of weekend fixes to the application process, including enhancements to the "834" files that insurers receive from the federal insurance exchange. The CMS mentioned other corrected issues involving the application process for brokers and agents, a rounding error related to premium tax credits and the mistaken cancellation notices sent to insurers.

Applications for coverage on the Affordable Care Act's exchanges as of a week ago outpaced comparable enrollment in Medicare Part D over the same period during the rollout of each program, according to a study by Avalere Health. Applications on the exchanges reached 700,000 as of Oct. 25 despite significant troubles at HealthCare.gov. "If the Part D enrollment experience is applied to exchanges, fewer than 700,000 people would be expected to enroll in exchange coverage by November 15, 2013," according to Avalere.

Nearly 700,000 health insurance applications have been filed through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokeswoman Julie Bataille says. Reuters says its tracking of state reports indicates that state-run exchanges have received applications from at least 390,000 people.

New York would ink contracts with accountable care organizations or health plans to provide coverage for seniors eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, according to a proposal designed to retool the state's safety-net financing. The measure, which would require a CMS waiver, would affect about 700,000 seniors in the state.